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Friday, May 5,1995
The student newspaper of Saint Xavier University
Volume 63, Number 13
What's Inside
Changes are coming to WXAV
ALL 'Pummels'
See Page 11
We applaud cuts
See Page 2
Playoff bound
See Page 16
By Sue Plasencia
"We're not expecting a revolution," said Department Chair of Mass
Cornmunications James Walker regard-
ing the new transition sat WXAV-FM,
the university's radio station.
The WXAV Advisory Board
has made some changes in the radio
station's management and programming.
The Board consists of six faculty
and staff members: Dean of students
Steven Murphy, JoAnne Flemming,
School of Arts and Sciences interim
dean; Jan Bickel of the Music Department; Public Relations Director Rose
Milkowski; Walker, and Don Pukala,
current radio advisor.
The Board was faced with the
resignation of Manny Hernandez,
WXAV's current general manager,
effective at the end of the fall semester.
The Board turned to a faculty member
to take on the role of WXAV's general
manager. Pukala will be taking on the
role of general manager.
Hernandez will continue to play
An important role at WXAV. "I will be
acting program director and will possi-
bly be instructing new students on the
production of a modem radio station,"
said Hernandez of his duties next fall.
When Hernandez leaves, he
plans to take his knowledge from working at WXAV and pursue a career as a
recording artist and producer.
The programming is not being
drastically altered. According to Pukala,
"We're not going to eliminate music."
Anthony McKenna, WXAV's
Assistant manager,thinks, 'The changes
will probably bring about a more truly
diverse outlet representing SXU as a
whole."
Xavierite/S. Garchitorena
Music Director Ernie Torres and General Manager Manny Hernandez man the DJ
table at one of WXAV-FM's Thursday night events at Cagney's Saloon in Oak
Lawn.
Another member of WXAV is
Ed Talaski, a sophomore at Columbia
University. Talaskiis WXAV's music
director and acting promotions director. He has been working at WXAV
since he was a senior at Marist High
School.
Talaski said, "Some people
might not like the changes and leave.
Some may adjust well and stay ."Talaski
thinks that with the changes there will
be a "little tension, but everything will
work out in the long-run."
Ernie Torres, WXAV's music
director, said, "The changes are more
educational. People who want to learn
will benefit from them."
Diversity is what Hernandez's
Master plan has been since his arrival at
WXAV.
He said, "When I came here, I
wanted it to be an (adult oriented rock)
radio station (rather) than what it was
classified as: the South Side's heavy
metal headquarters."
Hernandez had planned to have
WXAV become a diversified station,
Eliminating the heavy metal music and
serving not only SXU but also the
surrounding community.
According to Hernandez and
Walker, the summer schedule has reduced the 12-13 hours of programming
a day to a number of hours that will be
disclosed at the end of the current semester.
"No major program changes
have been made as of now, but less
heavy metal has been suggested by
community members, faculty, staff and
some SXU students," said Hernandez.
The station, however, will be
keeping shows such as "SXU on the
Air," originated by Walker and Pukala
and "Someone to Remember Today"
which was conceived by Pukala.
Talaski also said that he would
like to see more SXU student involvement at the station frcm those outside of
the Mass Communications Department. "The Young Republicans
showed interest in doing a show, I
would like to see other groups, such as
the Black Student Union or the
UNBDOS organization show interest
in the station," Talaski explained.
According to Murphy and
Pukala, the station will be in full operation next year due to an individual
private grant which the school raised
for the station.
Murphy sees WXAV as a'leam-
Ing lab for our own students." McKenna
concurred, "It's a legitimate learning
environment for all SXU students, not
only the mass communications majors."
McKenna would like to see student representation on the WXAV
Advisory Board, allowing the students
to be involved with the decision-making.
When the issue of student representation was mentioned to Murphy,
he stated, "I think we should have
students on the Board I'd be happy to
see students on the Board."
McKenna said, "The changes
made are all part of the transitions
necessary for the radio station to continue to grow and provide for SXU and
the community we serve."
Faculty Senate revises
mathematics courses
By Kevin Plienis
The revision of two mathematics courses was approved by the
Faculty Senate on Tuesday.
Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher 251 and 252 were
changed to Foundations of Math 121 and 122. These classes will now be
offered to all majors instead of just education majors.
Mark Klespis, chair of the Math and Computer Science Department,
explained that the Illinois State Board of Education made a recommendation that these particular courses should be offered to all students.
Foundations of Math 121 and 122 will still keep all of the original
math content but will leave out the teaching methods previously taught in
these courses, according to Klespis.
'The course has always been taught as a lab with cooperative
groups," said Klespis.
Math 121 and 122 will continue to be taught in that same fashion.
Some of the many mathematical topics previously instructed in
these courses included: numeration systems; number theory; statistics and
graphing; integers; rational numbers and their operations; probability;
measurement; and the use of calculators.
Faculty Senate President Dale Fast noted that the changes in these
math courses had been through various levels of review before, so the
senate agreed with the "various other reviewing bodies that processed
that."
The purpose of changing Math 251 and 252 to Math 121 and 122
was to give students other options for taking math courses, said Klespis.
SXU preps for inauguration
An inauguration ceremony
for SXU President Richard Alan
Yanikoski will take place at2 p.m.
on May 19 on the university's
front lawn.
The ceremony will feature
an Investiture of the president by
James J. McDonough, chairman
Of the university's Board of Trustees.
This will be followed by the
president's lnaugural Address and
a liturgy con-celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago John R.
Gorman, Monsignor John Egan
and SXU assistant campus minister Father Ben Berinti.
SXU senior speech pathology major Dana Kisel of Oak Lawn
will "sign" the event, and students
of the university's Music Department will accompany the Walker
Chapel Brass to provide music for
the procession and mass.
As part of the Investiture
ceremony, Dr. Yanikoski will be
presented with the university's me
dallion, a symbol of the office of the
presidency. The medallion features
the seal of the university. It is three
inches in diameter and is set on a
heavy gold chain.
The seal of the medal is engraved with the Latin motto "via
"We've really tried
to involve as many people
as possible in the entire
process of this celebration."
-Sue Lombard
veritas vita," which translates as
"the way, the truth, the life." The
medal features a number of elements to represent the Sisters of
Mercy, education and religion.
Dr. Yanikoski will also be
presented with theuniversity'schar-
terby SisterLucilleMcKillop.presi-
dent of the Sisters of Mercy, re
gional community of Chicago.
The charter, dating back to
1912 when the state of Illinois
reissued the university's 1846
original, recognizes the college as
an entity separate from St. Xavier
Academy.
The inauguration ceremony
will also feature greetings given
by Sister Irenaeus Chekouras, a
member of the Sisters of Mercy,
regional community of Chicago,
and past president of SXU.
Phil Wood, president of the
university's Alumni Board; Dale
Fast, Faculty Senate president;
Maureen Wogan, president of the
university Staff Council; and
Pauline Lampkin, representive of
the students, will each present a
"call to action" on behalf of their
individual constituencies.
"We've really tried to involve as many people as possible
in the entire process of this celebration," said Sue Lombard, director of Special Events.

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Friday, May 5,1995
The student newspaper of Saint Xavier University
Volume 63, Number 13
What's Inside
Changes are coming to WXAV
ALL 'Pummels'
See Page 11
We applaud cuts
See Page 2
Playoff bound
See Page 16
By Sue Plasencia
"We're not expecting a revolution," said Department Chair of Mass
Cornmunications James Walker regard-
ing the new transition sat WXAV-FM,
the university's radio station.
The WXAV Advisory Board
has made some changes in the radio
station's management and programming.
The Board consists of six faculty
and staff members: Dean of students
Steven Murphy, JoAnne Flemming,
School of Arts and Sciences interim
dean; Jan Bickel of the Music Department; Public Relations Director Rose
Milkowski; Walker, and Don Pukala,
current radio advisor.
The Board was faced with the
resignation of Manny Hernandez,
WXAV's current general manager,
effective at the end of the fall semester.
The Board turned to a faculty member
to take on the role of WXAV's general
manager. Pukala will be taking on the
role of general manager.
Hernandez will continue to play
An important role at WXAV. "I will be
acting program director and will possi-
bly be instructing new students on the
production of a modem radio station,"
said Hernandez of his duties next fall.
When Hernandez leaves, he
plans to take his knowledge from working at WXAV and pursue a career as a
recording artist and producer.
The programming is not being
drastically altered. According to Pukala,
"We're not going to eliminate music."
Anthony McKenna, WXAV's
Assistant manager,thinks, 'The changes
will probably bring about a more truly
diverse outlet representing SXU as a
whole."
Xavierite/S. Garchitorena
Music Director Ernie Torres and General Manager Manny Hernandez man the DJ
table at one of WXAV-FM's Thursday night events at Cagney's Saloon in Oak
Lawn.
Another member of WXAV is
Ed Talaski, a sophomore at Columbia
University. Talaskiis WXAV's music
director and acting promotions director. He has been working at WXAV
since he was a senior at Marist High
School.
Talaski said, "Some people
might not like the changes and leave.
Some may adjust well and stay ."Talaski
thinks that with the changes there will
be a "little tension, but everything will
work out in the long-run."
Ernie Torres, WXAV's music
director, said, "The changes are more
educational. People who want to learn
will benefit from them."
Diversity is what Hernandez's
Master plan has been since his arrival at
WXAV.
He said, "When I came here, I
wanted it to be an (adult oriented rock)
radio station (rather) than what it was
classified as: the South Side's heavy
metal headquarters."
Hernandez had planned to have
WXAV become a diversified station,
Eliminating the heavy metal music and
serving not only SXU but also the
surrounding community.
According to Hernandez and
Walker, the summer schedule has reduced the 12-13 hours of programming
a day to a number of hours that will be
disclosed at the end of the current semester.
"No major program changes
have been made as of now, but less
heavy metal has been suggested by
community members, faculty, staff and
some SXU students," said Hernandez.
The station, however, will be
keeping shows such as "SXU on the
Air," originated by Walker and Pukala
and "Someone to Remember Today"
which was conceived by Pukala.
Talaski also said that he would
like to see more SXU student involvement at the station frcm those outside of
the Mass Communications Department. "The Young Republicans
showed interest in doing a show, I
would like to see other groups, such as
the Black Student Union or the
UNBDOS organization show interest
in the station," Talaski explained.
According to Murphy and
Pukala, the station will be in full operation next year due to an individual
private grant which the school raised
for the station.
Murphy sees WXAV as a'leam-
Ing lab for our own students." McKenna
concurred, "It's a legitimate learning
environment for all SXU students, not
only the mass communications majors."
McKenna would like to see student representation on the WXAV
Advisory Board, allowing the students
to be involved with the decision-making.
When the issue of student representation was mentioned to Murphy,
he stated, "I think we should have
students on the Board I'd be happy to
see students on the Board."
McKenna said, "The changes
made are all part of the transitions
necessary for the radio station to continue to grow and provide for SXU and
the community we serve."
Faculty Senate revises
mathematics courses
By Kevin Plienis
The revision of two mathematics courses was approved by the
Faculty Senate on Tuesday.
Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher 251 and 252 were
changed to Foundations of Math 121 and 122. These classes will now be
offered to all majors instead of just education majors.
Mark Klespis, chair of the Math and Computer Science Department,
explained that the Illinois State Board of Education made a recommendation that these particular courses should be offered to all students.
Foundations of Math 121 and 122 will still keep all of the original
math content but will leave out the teaching methods previously taught in
these courses, according to Klespis.
'The course has always been taught as a lab with cooperative
groups," said Klespis.
Math 121 and 122 will continue to be taught in that same fashion.
Some of the many mathematical topics previously instructed in
these courses included: numeration systems; number theory; statistics and
graphing; integers; rational numbers and their operations; probability;
measurement; and the use of calculators.
Faculty Senate President Dale Fast noted that the changes in these
math courses had been through various levels of review before, so the
senate agreed with the "various other reviewing bodies that processed
that."
The purpose of changing Math 251 and 252 to Math 121 and 122
was to give students other options for taking math courses, said Klespis.
SXU preps for inauguration
An inauguration ceremony
for SXU President Richard Alan
Yanikoski will take place at2 p.m.
on May 19 on the university's
front lawn.
The ceremony will feature
an Investiture of the president by
James J. McDonough, chairman
Of the university's Board of Trustees.
This will be followed by the
president's lnaugural Address and
a liturgy con-celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago John R.
Gorman, Monsignor John Egan
and SXU assistant campus minister Father Ben Berinti.
SXU senior speech pathology major Dana Kisel of Oak Lawn
will "sign" the event, and students
of the university's Music Department will accompany the Walker
Chapel Brass to provide music for
the procession and mass.
As part of the Investiture
ceremony, Dr. Yanikoski will be
presented with the university's me
dallion, a symbol of the office of the
presidency. The medallion features
the seal of the university. It is three
inches in diameter and is set on a
heavy gold chain.
The seal of the medal is engraved with the Latin motto "via
"We've really tried
to involve as many people
as possible in the entire
process of this celebration."
-Sue Lombard
veritas vita," which translates as
"the way, the truth, the life." The
medal features a number of elements to represent the Sisters of
Mercy, education and religion.
Dr. Yanikoski will also be
presented with theuniversity'schar-
terby SisterLucilleMcKillop.presi-
dent of the Sisters of Mercy, re
gional community of Chicago.
The charter, dating back to
1912 when the state of Illinois
reissued the university's 1846
original, recognizes the college as
an entity separate from St. Xavier
Academy.
The inauguration ceremony
will also feature greetings given
by Sister Irenaeus Chekouras, a
member of the Sisters of Mercy,
regional community of Chicago,
and past president of SXU.
Phil Wood, president of the
university's Alumni Board; Dale
Fast, Faculty Senate president;
Maureen Wogan, president of the
university Staff Council; and
Pauline Lampkin, representive of
the students, will each present a
"call to action" on behalf of their
individual constituencies.
"We've really tried to involve as many people as possible
in the entire process of this celebration," said Sue Lombard, director of Special Events.

The items digitized in this collection are the property of Saint Xavier University. This image may be used freely, with attribution, for research and educational purposes. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact archives@sxu.edu.